The Ontario government on Tuesday passed new laws that it says will create a better work-life balance for workers and give them the "right to disconnect." According to CTV News, the newly-passed "Working for Workers Act" requires Ontario businesses with 25 or more employees to have a written policy about employees disconnecting from their job at the end of the workday to help employees spend more time with their families. ADVERTISEMENTOntario’s ‘right to disconnect’ law has just been passed — so do you actually have the right to disconnect? ADVERTISEMENTOntario is introducing Right to Disconnect legislation for employers with 25+ employees, and banning non-compete clauses. ADVERTISEMENT"To help workers advance their careers and earn more, we are banning businesses from using non-compete agreements," McNaughton said in his statement.

A exhibition spotlighting the art and artists of Nunavik opened this Friday in Ottawa with a view to showcasing the region’s art and artists. Our Land, Our Art is taking place at the Canadian Museum of Nature and features the works of several Nunavik artists, created especially for the show. The works include a range of mediums from visual arts to video to beadwork to singing to circus performing. “Many people don’t know there are four distinct Inuit regions in Canada, and that Nunavik is one of them,” she said. Our Land, Our Art runs until October 2024.

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker had come from Ottawa for the event to praise one of his predecessors as both PM and Tory party leader, the Right Honourable Arthur Meighen. In a way that is peculiarly his own, he was and is above all others the statesman-scholar of Canadian public life. And just as Arthur Meighen found the man Shakespeare in reading and re-reading what he wrote, so I believe we and posterity are going to discover and re-discover Arthur Meighen from the record of his recorded utterances. “Read him and enjoy him,” said Arthur Meighen. It is characteristic of him that no one has summed up this phase of the life of Arthur Meighen better than Arthur Meighen himself.

Alberta changing sovereignty bill to reverse provision giving cabinet unchecked powerEDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is crafting changes to be debated next week to reverse the part of a bill that gives her cabinet unfettered power to rewrite laws behind closed doors without legislature approval. Smith told a radio talk show Saturday that her sovereignty bill was never supposed to give cabinet such sweeping authority, and says her government wants to make it clear in law that this is not the case. The bill, introduced this week, has faced widespread criticism and condemnation for granting Smith and her cabinet authority to redress any federal policy, law or program it deems harmful to Alberta. Critics say such power exercised in secret without legislature oversight is a threat to the checks and balances that underpin a healthy democracy. The bill has also raised concerns over the provision that grants cabinet the power to order provincially legislated or funded entities to reject federal laws.

Kenya will facilitate the cost-effective movement of goods from the port of Mombasa to South Sudan. President William Ruto said South Sudan traders can choose to clear their goods from the port of Mombasa, Nairobi or Naivasha.

© Robert Short/CBC A person was taken to hospital with potentially serious injuries Friday night after a stabbing in downtown Halifax. Police are turning to the public for help with information. Halifax Regional Police are turning to the public for help investigating a stabbing in downtown Halifax Friday night. That person was taken to hospital with potentially serious injuries, police said in a news release. Investigators are asking anyone with information about the stabbing to call them at 902-490-5016.

So, like many of you I will be making difficult decisions, but the easy one is to support our food banks. On a very local level, we have the food cupboard outside the library. Roller skating! On Dec. 8 and 15, you can go to the Hall, (7 to 9 p.m.) put on your wheels and attend a Roller Skating Dance Party. There will be ‘70s and ‘80s tunes and even roller dance coaching.

Laurent Dubreuil and Valérie Maltais win gold; six skaters reach senior international podium for first timeQUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC – Canada made quite the impression on the opening day of the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Quebec City, winning six medals, including three gold, in front of a hometown crowd at the new Centre de glace Intact Assurance. A pair of Canadians captured their first career senior international medals in the women’s 3000m later in the day, with Valérie Maltais (La Baie, Que.) winning gold and Béatrice Lamarche (Québec City, Que.) Canada ended the day with a pair of medals in the Team Sprint, with the men’s team of Dubreuil, Christopher Fiola (Montreal, Que.) winning gold, and the women’s squad of Alison Desmarais (Vanderhoof, B.C.

His .923 save percentage is fourth-best in the league among goalies with at least 10 games played. On Thursday night, he posted the fourth shutout of his career when the Stars beat the Ducks 5-0. “It’s kind of nice to get some shots early,” Oettinger said. In his opening seven games, Oettinger posted league-leading numbers: a .952 save percentage and a 1.40 GAA. When he returned, he did so with a .891 save percentage and 3.48 GAA in his next eight games.

Toronto voice actor Eric Bauza can’t think of a cartoon he adored as a child that wasn’t also culturally inappropriate in some way. Toronto voice actor Eric Bauza can’t think of a cartoon he adored as a child that wasn’t also culturally inappropriate in some way. Combining archival animated footage and interviews with voice actors, experts, cartoonists and the general public, “Stay Tooned” sets out to provide a critical social lens on cartoon history. Bauza says the issues explored in "Stay Tooned" must continue in order to further change. “It’s insane to think that these cartoons were just a reflection of who we were back then,” says Bauza.

For the second year in a row, Team Toronto’s Vax The Holidays campaign is bringing COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics to Toronto malls and popular community hubs throughout the holiday season.

Calgarians began to line up just after 5 a.m. Friday for the annual Make the Season Kind coffee sale. The Make the Season Kind campaign runs every December in support of the Calgary Food Bank. We were nervous when we were driving over," said Elizabeth Campbell, who hasn't missed a December coffee sale since they started 11 years ago. "I'm just proud to be part of it," said Russ Prefontaine, owner of Fratello Coffee Roasters, which donated the coffee for the sale. Our numbers over last year are between seven and 10 per cent higher," said Michael Pasma, interim president of the Calgary Food Bank, in an interview on the Calgary Eyeopener.

© @Equipe_Canada/Twitter Canada's Mathias Guillemette, right, finished second in the men's elimination race in the fourth round of the UCI Track Champions League in London, England on Friday. Canada's Mathias Guillemette took silver in the men's elimination race in the fourth round of the UCI Track Champions League in London, England on Friday. Canada's Dylan Bibic — who placed 15th in the men's elimination event — secured bronze in the men's 5,000-metre scratch race. Coles-Lyster takes bronze in women's elimination race23-year-old Maggie Coles-Lyster raced to bronze in the women's elimination race, finishing behind American Jennifer Valente and Anita Stenberg of Norway. The UCI Track Champions League wraps up on Saturday with the final leg of competition, also taking place at Lee Valley VeloPark in London.

Ontario won’t allow homes to be built on floodplains, Ford says after fed warningCLARINGTON, Ont. — Ontario has no plans to allow homes to be built on floodplains, Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister warned Ottawa would not provide disaster compensation where development is greenlit in areas prone to flooding. Ford said it's the responsibility of any builder to ensure they protect against development on floodplains. "I encourage the federal minister to do his research," Ford said at an unrelated news conference. Guilbeault's comments came after the Ontario government announced plans last month to open up the protected Greenbelt to development.

The publication of “Stella Maris” only a month after “The Passenger,” Cormac McCarthy’s first novel since “The Road” in 2006, is just one of the odd things about this literary double album. In “The Passenger” we’re introduced to Bobby Western, a salvage diver operating out of New Orleans. It’s 1980 and things kick off with Bobby investigating the mysterious wreck of a plane submerged in the Gulf of Mexico. Mysterious because there seems to be a passenger missing from the sealed fuselage. Or, as “Stella Maris” sells it, God and truth and existence.